Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small centipede

Posted by FRV on 31-01-2021 12:38
#1
Hi,

I have photographed this small centipede in a forest near Paris. I'm unable to estimate the whole length but the level of magnification of the picture is about 2.0x.
Found under a rotten log.
I hesitate between two genus : Geophilus and Cryptops. They do not belong to the same orders though but I cannot make the difference between them.
Any opinion?
Thanks for any help,

FRV

Posted by FRV on 31-01-2021 12:39
#2
another view

Posted by Jan Maca on 31-01-2021 13:01
#3
Cryptops (Scolopendromorpha) has at most 23 pairs of legs, while Geophiomorpha have more than 30 pairs. It can be estimated that ithis is a member of Geophilomorpha.

Posted by FRV on 31-01-2021 13:16
#4
Thank you Jan!